HP InfiniBand solution for Oracle RAC environmentsOverview............................................................................................................................................ 2Oracle RAC overview....................................................................................................................... 2Protocols used by Oracle RAC in an InfiniBand environment.............................................................. 3Internode synchronization in an Oracle RAC environment ................................................................. 4Advantages of InfiniBand in an Oracle RAC environment.................................................................. 5HP InfiniBand solution for Oracle RAC................................................................................................ 5Solution overview ......................................................................................................................... 5Sample 4-node configuration ......................................................................................................... 6Deployment of the HP InfiniBand solution for Oracle RAC......................................................................... 7HP PDC Installation Service ............................................................................................................... 7Service benefits ............................................................................................................................ 8HP PDC manual installation process ................................................................................................... 8Hardware setup and configuration ................................................................................................. 8Installing HP PDC for Oracle10g RAC on Linux................................................................................ 9Installation of InfiniBand software components ................................................................................. 9Oracle installation ...................................................................................................................... 11Oracle uDAPL support................................................................................................................. 11Verifying that the uDAPL protocol is being used for inter-node communication.................................... 12Conclusion........................................................................................................................................ 12For more information.......................................................................................................................... 13